Adding conky to startup

[mafteechr]

How exactly do I get conky to load when I startup my system? I can't seem to find the way to do this.

[lagagnon]

Menu, Control Center, Personal, Startup Applications, if Conky is in the list enable it, if not add it.

[mafteechr]

What is the command I input? I have tried "conky" and does not work when I start up.

[lagagnon]

Typing "whereis conky" in a terminal will show you its full pathname, which is /usr/bin/conky . Try that...

[mafteechr]

Tried, does not work. If I type "conky" into the terminal, it'll start up, so I know it's working.

[lagagnon]

Then you have something amiss with the command line at the launcher screen. No other possibilities.

[mafteechr]

Any way I can go about fixing this? I'm not the most advanced with linux.

[mafteechr]

Edit: Conky is running after my system boots as it is listed in the processes. Also, when it boots, I see conky appear, but once my background loads, it's no longer visable.

[mick55]

hi

Try this.Create an empty file in your home folder, let's call it .conky-startup.sh, make it executable and put this in it:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 30 && conky ;

Save the file and go to All Applications > Preferences > Startup Applications, click "Add" and add the path to the .conky-startup.sh file, for instance /home/yourname/.conky-startup.sh
or you can browse to it.
This starts conky after the desktop, so that conky appears on top.
After you add .conky-startup.sh to start up, uncheck the box next to conky
so you don't have a conflict.

This is how mine is setup.I also have a customized conky config stored in
a file named .conkyrc in my home directory.

Is your conky customized or is it vanilla?
Did you install it through Package Manager or a .deb file
What version are you running?
Run this in terminal to find out

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conky -v

hope this helps
mick

[mafteechr]

Worked like a charm, thanks!

[mick55]

You're welcome.

Next time somebody has a problem with conky,
you can be the "go to" man.

peace
mick

[mafteechr]

Haha!

I used to use Crunchbang, and I was decent at messing around with my Conky. However, I'm just using Linux Mint and Conky, so I'm using a minimalist one. It's just my CPU, RAM, and SSD bars in the lower right.

[vrkalak]

Now, that you have your Conky and know how to make Conky start up when booting into LinuxMint; here is a link to the LinuxMint Conky Showoff thread:

viewtopic.php?f=60&t=30209

Now, it's time to Show off what you've done with the Conky App. in LinuxMint.
Doesn't matter how simple or Hard-Core a Conky it is ... we'd like to see it.